Weather

Press, 7 December 1987, Page 48

Weather

Today's New Zealand forecast: In the North Island, fine; in the north, east and west of the South Island, fine, in the south, coastal showers otherwise fine. . . j Canterbury, Westland: Fine, light winds, mild. Marlborough, Nelson: Clearing, little wind, mild. Buller, Westland: Fine, cool, moderate southwesterlies. Tomorrow: Fine, light winds in the north and east, showers in the west Extended range forecast to Friday.— South Island: Showers in the east, and north, but clearing in Nelson by Friday, rain in the west clearing Thursday. North Island: Fine in the east but showers from Thursday, elsewhere showers, cool southerlies. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 2hr 24min 9 a-m. to 11 p.m. tee Maximum (to 6 pan.) . . 16 Saturday 7hr Saturday tee Barometer:. 6p.m. llpjn. To date this month ... 43 To date this month ... 14 Millibars.. . 1008.6 1010.9 To date this year .... 1966 To date this year 559 . To date last year .... 2055 To date last year 808 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 605 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average, for December. 53 yesterday: Maximum 2! deg. Per cent at noon .... 87 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 10 deg, grass 9 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 52 Driest December (1943) 5 rainfall 9 mm. Sun-Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets 8.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 8.59 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.7 p.m.; sets, 6.25 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.49 p.m.; sets, 7.22 a.m. Phases—f ast quarter December 14. New moon: December 21. First quarter; December 27. Full moon: January 4. _ _ High tide at Lyttelton—6.47 a.m. and 7.09 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.37 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Take Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Raknto less 25min; Kalkoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland 17deg., cloudy, W„ 13 knots. Wellington: 12, cloudy, S. 9 Christchurch: 10, showers, S„ 10. Dunedin: 12, rain, S.W., 14.

World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide 9, 21, Brisbane, 17, 27 (noon); Canberra, 9,22; Darwin, 24 33* Hobart, 10, 14; Melbourne, 12, 18; Perth, 19, 29 (noon); Sydney, 19, 30. ’ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 1,2; Athens, 7, 12; Bahrain, 22, 26; Bangkok, 20 30; Barbados, 25, 29; Beijing, -6, 3; Beirut, 11,18; Belgrade, 0,5; Berlin, -1, 0; Bogota, 1 20; Brussels, -1, 5; Budapest, 2,5; Buenos Aires, 18, 29; Cairo, 14, 23; Caracas, 18, 27* Chicago, 0,3; Copenhagen, 0,1; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 4,7; Frankfurt, 1,3; Geneva! 2,4; Helsinki, -1, 3; Hong Kong, 15, 18; Honolulu, 22, 28; Istanbul, 4,8; Jakarta, 26, 34* Jerusalem, 8, 14; Johannesburg, 15, 27; Kiev, -2, 0; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 31; Lima, 17, 25* Lisbon, 10, 17; London, 3,7; Los Angeles, 11, 24; Madrid, 2, 10; Manila, 22, 25; Mexico City, 7, 24; Montevideo, 19, 23; Montreal, -5, 0; Moscow, -7, 0; New Delhi, 11, 27; New York, 1,6; Nicosia, 9, 22; Oslo, -10, -10; Paris, 1,8; Rio De Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome. 4,13; San Francisco, 14, 19; Santiago, 10, 30; Sao Paulo, 20, 30; Seoul, -7,1; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 2,5; Taipei, 12,15; Tel Aviv, 13, 20; Tokyo, 2,10; Toronto, -1,1; Vancouver. 7, 11; Vienna, 3,6; Warsaw, 0,2.